I Hear the Sunspot is the kind of BL that would be better if it weren’t. Weren’t BL that is.
Most of this manga is quite nice – in the short amount of chapters it has it nicely describes the difficulties handicapped people might face and their interaction with society. It doesn’t resort to silly over the top bullying but rather a vague feeling of disconnection and discomfort, which feels quite more real. It takes a shot at both sides of the coin, both people that ignore the disabled ones because it’s easier and those that romanticize, perhaps even fetishize them with a sort of saviour’s syndrome.
The meeting of the main characters is natural and so is the continuous development of their relationship, including misunderstanding that aren’t cheap plot devices but rather understandable situations. Problem is, when I say the relationship development feels natural, I mean it feels natural as a friendship. This could have been a beautiful story of a friendship. Unfortunately, the development takes sudden turn that doesn’t fit with that the story has been building towards, as if the author suddenly realized “wait, this is supposed to be a boy’s love manga!”, unnecessary that only degrades quality of the story.
But well, most of the manga outside of the finale is good, so 6/10 it is.